Hameless horse-collar.



J. D. AARON.

HAMELESS HORSE COLLAR; APPLICATION FILED AUG. 13. 1914.

1,143,015. Patented June 15; 1915.

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JULIUS D. AARON, OF MOUNT OLIVE, NORTH CAROLINA.

HAMELESS HORSE-COLLAR.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JULIUS D. AARON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Mount Olive, in the county of Wayne and State ofNorth'Carolina, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inHameless Horse-Collars; and I do declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact clescription of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in horse collarsand more particularly to hameless collars, and the primary object of theinvention is to produce a horse collar with sufficient rigidity at eachside, to distribute the strain of draft properly throughout both sidesthereof and at the same time maintaining the collar in proper form andposition on the horses neck.

A further object of the invention resides in providing a horse collar ofthis character which will adjust itself to the position of the neck andavoid rubbing and chafing of the same.

A still further object resides in providing an improved construction forsecuring a tug loop on the collar to which an adjustable trace may besecured.

Still another object of the invention resides in providing a devicewhich is simple and durable in construction, inexpensive to manufacture,and one which will be very efficient and useful in operation.

With these and other objects in view, my invention consists in the novelfeatures of construction, combination and arrangement of parts as willbe hereinafter referred to and more particularly pointed out in thespecification and claims.

In the accompanying drawings forming a part of this application, Figure1 is a perspective view showing a collar constructed in accordance withmy invention applied to use; Fig. 2 is a front elevation thereof; Fig. 3is an enlarged detail section as seen on line 33 of Fig. 2; Fig. 4c is asection as seen on line H of Fig. 1; Fig. 5 is an enlarged detailelevation of one limb of the collar with the parts broken away toillustrate more clearly the manner of securing the tug in'place; Fig. 6is a detail section as seen substantially on the line 6-6 of Fig. 5;Fig. 7 is a plan view of the tug prior to Specification of LettersPatent.

'tion to necks of various sizes.

Patented June 15, 1915..

Application filed August 13, 1914. Serial No. 856,609.

its application to use; and Fig. 8 is an elevat1on of a slightlymodified form of the invention.

In describing the invention, I shall refer I to the drawings in whichsimilar reference characters designate corresponding parts throughoutthe several views and in which 1 designates the collar consistingpreferably of a pair of limb members or sections 2, suitably securedtogether at their upper and lower ends as indicated at? and Irespectively to admit of adjustability for applica- This connectingmeans is through the medium of buckles and straps, as clearly shown inFigs. 1 and 2 of the drawings and forms no essential part of thisinvention. Each limb member or section of the collar comprises a pad orcushion 5 which may be formed of felt or other desired material to resteasily against the body of the animal, a lining or strip of leather 6applied to the outer face thereof and an outer covering of leather 7.Each limb member or section has disposed between the strips 6 and 7 andextending for a portion of the length of said section, a

stiffening member 8 which may be formed distance from the ends of thesections so as to permit said sections to more readily conform to theneck of the animal to which the collar is applied but said stiffeningmembers will supply such rigidity to the sections as to distribute thestrain of draft throughout the length of the device.

An important feature of the invention resides in an improvedconstruction for securing the tug loop to each section to which anadjustable trace may be secured. In carrying out this idea, the leathersections 6 and 7 on each section of the collar are provided aboutcentrally of the sections with laterally extending and alining-ears 9and 10 respectively. The ear 10 at its junction with the leathercovering strip 7 is provided with a slit as indicated at 11 and disposedtherethrough are the arm portions of a trace engaging loop or tug 12.This loop consists of a strip of leather doubled upon itself and havingthe arms thereof disposed through the slit 11 to rest against the innerface of the strip 7. The-ends of the arms of this strip forming the loop12 are designed in Y-shape as indicated at 13 to enable said loop to bemore firmly secured V in place, as will be hereinafter more particularlyset forth. A metal lining strip 14 is also provided for this loop 12 toobviously provide a wearing surface therefor and engaged with this loopis a ring 15.

Disposed between the ears 9 and 10 and continuing inwardly to restflatly against the outer face of the stiflening member 8, is a leatherstrip or flap 16 which projects laterally some distance beyond the endsof the ears 9. The inner end of this flap or strip 16 is enlarged asindicated at 17 and clearly shown in Fig. 5 of the drawings and the pad5 is also provided with a lateral extension 18 conforming to the outlineof the strip. or flap 16. The ears 9 and 10 and the flap or strip 16 arestitched or otherwise secured together as found desirable and the pad 18is of course, also secured thereto in any desirable manner.

20 which are removably secured and countersunk in the outer face of thestiifening memher 8 as clearly shown in Figs. 3 and 6 of the drawings.These bolts positively secure the; loops and strip 16 is place on thesections of the collar and permit the greatest amount of strain to beapplied thereto.

Secured to the leather strip or flap 16 are the leather guide loops orkeepers 21 through which is guided the looped strap 22 forming thetrace, the loop thereof being engaged with the ring 15. This trace isadjustable at a point adjacent the collar as indicated through thebuckle connection 23' necessitating but a single opening 24- at the rearend of the trace for engaging the whiflie-tree. The padded strip or flap16' guides the trace 22 and at the same time prevents the latter fromrubbing and chafing the body of the animal, it being. obvious that thistrace will be spaced a slight distance from the body in View of thispadded strip.

each section of the collar. is also slit horizontally at a point justbelow the plane of the The outer strip or covering of l'eather T oflaterally extending flap 16, such slit being indicated at 24: This slitis disposed immediately below the lowermost bolt 19 above referred toand disposed through this slit are the arm portions of a leather loop25,

said arm portions being secured in placeby the adjacent bolt 19 asclearly shown in Fig. 6 of the drawings. Engaged with each of the loops25 is a ring member 26and re-' movably engaged with the ring members bymeans of strap connections 27 are theends of a U-shaped breast iron orthe like 28.

This breast iron is designed for use only on the sections of the collarabove the hori-" H ing of the loops being similar to thesecuring of theother loops described. Through this medium the iron is held in properposition with respect to the collar as clearly shown in Fig. 1 of thedrawings. 7 r

In Fig. 8, I have shown a slightly modified form of the inventionwherein collar 32 is provided, the same being formed of a zontal planeof'the lateral flaps 16, such boltsingle section, the ends of which areadapted to be secured together at the upper portion of the collar asindicated at 33. Inthis form of the invention, the breast iron isomitted but otherwise, the construction of'the collar is the same as theform heretofore described.

It will be understood that the breast iron as described inconnectionwith the first mentioned form, is particularly useful: in thebacking of a vehicle to which a double team is attached and" in a singleteam, such an iron is not particularly. useful. Hence the omisslonthereof in the form shown ln'Flg.

S. The attaching means for such iron, however, is shown and the iron maybe applied when desired so that it will'n'ot' be necessary to constructa d'ifi'erentformlof col-larwhen it is not desired'to use sucha device.7

From the foregoingdescription of the con struction of my improvedhameless collar,

them-anner of applying the same to use and the advantagesthereofwill bereadily under: stood, and it will be seen that I have pro vided asimple, inexpensive and eilicient means for carrying out the" objects ofthe invention. V i

While I-have particularly described the elements best adapted to,perform the functions, set forth, it is obvious. that various changes inthe f'orm, proportion", the 7 minor details of construction may beresorted to, with the scope of theapp'ended claims, without departingfrom the spirit or sacrificing any of the principles of the invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

1. In a horse collar, a body including a pad, a stiffening member and acovering therefor securing thesame to said pad, a lateral flap removablysecured to said stiffening member, and an engaging loop disposed throughsaid covering and also engaged with said stiflening member.

2. In a horse collar, a body including 'a pad, a stiffening member and acovering therefor securing the same to said pad, a lateral flap, andmeans for removably securing said flaps to said stiflening member, andan engaging loop disposed through said covermg and removably secured tosaid stiffening member by the same means which secures said flapthereto, said loop projecting on the outer face of said flap and adaptedto be engaged by a trace.

3. In a horse collar, a body including a pad, a stifiening memberapplied thereto, a covering for said stiffening member securing the sameto said pad, said covering having a slit therein, a lateral flap appliedto said stiffening member and projecting beyond the covering therefor,an engaging loop having its ends disposed through the slit in saidcovering, and means extending transversely through the cover flap andloop and engaging said stifl'ening member for re movably securing saidflap and loop to'the bod 4. In a horse collar, a body including a pad, astiffening member therefor and covering for the same securing thestiflening member to said pad, said covering having a slit therein, aflap applied to the stiifening member and projecting laterally beyondthe covering thereon, a loop having its endsdesigned Y-shape anddisposed through the slit in said covering, and means extendingtransversely through the cover flap and loop and engaging saidstiflening member to removably secure said loop and flap in place on thebody.

' 5. In a horse collar, a body including a pad, a stiflening member,flexible strips inclosing said stiffening member and secured to saidpad, the outer flexible strip being provided with a slit at apredetermined point therein, laterally extending alining ears formed onsaid flexible strips, a flap disposed between the ears and projectinglaterally therebeyond, a loop having its ends disposed through the slitin the one flexible strip, and means for removably securing said loopand flap to the body.

6. In a horse collar, a body including a pad, a stiffening membertherefor, flexible strips inclosing said stiifening member and securedto said pad, the outer strip being provided with a slit at apredetermined point therein, laterally extending ears formed on one sideedge of said strips, a flap applied to the outer face of said stifleningmember and projecting laterally between said ears to project beyond thelatter, a loop having its arms disposed through the slit in said outerflexible strip, and means extending through the parts for removablysecuring said flap and loop to the stiffening member.

7. In a horse collar, a body, a lateral flap secured thereto andcarrying guide loops thereon, an engaging loop also secured to the bodyby the same means securing the flap thereto and resting against theouter face of said flap, a ring member engaged with the last mentionedloop, and an adjustable trace engaging said ring member.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

JULIUS D. AARON. Witnesses:

J. A. GRmsBAUER, C. GIOVANNETTI.

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